Gay christian wins suit against Bishop for ‘discrimination’

What implications does it hold for the Church in America and how long will it be before gay christians lead the charge using the legal system?

The London Daily Mail is reporting that a gay christian man, who was refused a job by a bishop won his claim for discrimination. The Mail said the landmark case leaves the Church of England facing a record bill for damages. A tribunal heard that John Reaney was turned down for a youth worker’s post after the Bishop of Hereford quizzed him for two hours about a previous gay relationship. The 42-year-old said the “humiliating” interview with the Right Rev. Anthony Priddis left him in tears.
Of the ruling, Reaney said “It demonstrates to many lesbian and gay Christians working for God within the Church of England that they are entitled to fair and respectful treatment.”

Not only is this a dangerous precedent set against the church’s teaching against homosexual behavior, it is one that has been warned about only to be met with dismissive retorts from the homosexual community. As gay christians being protesting exclusion from churches, in 1976, some pastors in Bloomington, IN feared this would happen,

A few ministers qualified their new position on gay rights and suggested some employment limitations, particularly in teaching sex education. One expressed fear that “homosexuality would be taught to a new generation.” Complained another:

The present ordinance gives gay rights but could infringe on Christian rights. For example, suppose I owned a Christian bookstore. I could be taken to court for refusing to hire a gay person. Yet I wouldn’t want that person representing me or selling in my bookstore. Or suppose I advertised for a church secretary and a lesbian applied for the job?

Some pastors wondered if the principle of separation of church and state would exempt Christian schools from being forced to hire homosexual faculty members or admit homosexual students.

In other places in the world, homosexuals are building a record of legal cases against Christians and the church, intent on destroying the barrier which prevents them from have unfettered control within the church.

In June, a Belgian Catholic bishop was brought up on charges of “homophobia” by homosexual activists. The Brussels Journal stated that, “homophobia is a a criminal offence in Belgium according to the country’s 2003 Anti-Discrimination Act.” The paper also reported that Sweden is preparing a law, which is expected to be voted next January, to allow homosexual couples to marry in church.

In Canada, while Pastor Stephen Boissoin was hauled before the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal for writing a letter [text] to the editor calling homosexuality “wicked”, Rev. Brent Hawkes a homosexual pastor with the MCC was awarded Canada’s highest civilian honor for illegally marrying homosexual couples in 2001.

Let’s not forget Swedish pentecostal Pastor Ake Green who was jailed for one month for “inciting hatred against homosexuals.”

GCM Watch believes the gay christian movement is the offspring of the gay political movement. While the political wing of gay activism carries out its relentless agenda against governments, the religious wing is beginning to pattern an equally aggressive campaign against churches and individuals who oppose it. How long before we see what has happened in Canada, Belgium, Sweden, and Britain happen here in our country? How long?